Srikanth & K. Balachander Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Srikanth and K. Balachander appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1965 and 1981. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naanal (1965 — 7.5/10). Films span Naanal (1965) through Enga Ooru Kannagi (1981).
The Srikanth & K. Balachander partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Enga Ooru Kannagi (1981). They didn't share a set between 1971 and 1981. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 7.5. From Naanal (1965) to Enga Ooru Kannagi (1981).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Naanal; the 1980s to Enga Ooru Kannagi. Srikanth acted in every film; K. Balachander directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 3 films together, anchored by Naanal (7.5/10).
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Nootrukku Nooru (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Enga Ooru Kannagi (7.5/10).
- Naanal
- Bama Vijayam
- Nootrukku Nooru
- Navagraham0
- Enga Ooru Kannagi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Enga Ooru Kannagi, Srikanth kept going for 96 more films; K. Balachander stepped back.
Naanal was Srikanth's acting debut.
After Enga Ooru Kannagi, Srikanth went on to appear in 96 more films, including Blackmail (2025) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Naanal, K. Balachander had directed 1 film, including Server Sundaram (1964).
After Enga Ooru Kannagi, K. Balachander went on to direct 27 more films, including Agni Sakshi (1982) and Poikkal Kudhirai (1983).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Srikanth & K. Balachander's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Major Sundarrajan is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 6 films. V. Kumar scored 4 of them. Major Sundarrajan appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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